It takes all kinds of men to win a war — the daring devil‑may‑care types and the quieter, steadier types who make up the solid backbone of any successful army. Captain Mike Palmer was one of the steady types. He didn’t waste lives in needless heroics but he always got the job done. And when […]
First in — last out! That was Ted Carson all over! While he could stand on his feet and hold a gun, this Aussie Major asked favours of no man. When the massive Japanese guns on Kublai were threatening the Allied fleet, Ted’s mob got the job of silencing them. But HQ insisted on a […]
To see in the dark, to sense danger with the cunning of a wild thing, to move like a hunting panther and strike with the same silent deadliness — these are the qualities you’d need to survive alone and unarmed in the enemy filled Burmese jungle at night. But only one human being had them […]
The supplies dropped into the Burmese jungle were vital to the Chindits, but pilot Roy Raven found these routine operations lacking in excitement. It even seemed fairly tame playing taxi driver to a demolitions expert sent out to destroy an enemy tunnel. However, things heated up when Roy’s Dakota was shot down and he […]
In the savage air battles over Burma, no Japanese pilot was more feared than Commander Nako Kagama. So strong was his belief that he was the tiger of the sun that he had a snarling, leaping tiger painted on his aircraft — his own personal symbol of success. Yet it was to be such a […]
If ever a Spitfire in the RAF was special, this one was. No camouflage paint sullied its shining wings; no observer could fail to see it as it flashed across the sky. And yet it seemed that no Nazi plane could shoot it down as it claimed victim after victim. Its pilot, Tom Shaw, would […]
Bill Mitchell has always been a stubborn soul, so when he leaves the farm to join the RAAF, his father knows better than to stand in his way. But when a sinister Luftwaffe pilot shoots down his friend, Bill’s desire for vengeance makes him unpredictable and a danger to his crew. Story: Brent Towns […]
Nearly one thousand men went into the mangrove swamps on Ramree Island — but how many would make it out? Everything on Ramree wanted the Japanese garrison dead. British soldiers, Indian soldiers, tropical diseases, poisonous spiders, deadly pythons, and, most terrifying of all, saltwater crocodiles! Story: Kate Dewar Art: Vicente Alcazar Cover: Neil Roberts
Just a handful of men cast up on a desert island. Soldiers, sailors, and airmen — survivors every one of them. And what were they going to tackle? A force of Japanese bombers and a fleet of Japanese submarines! How could they lose? Story: McOwan Art: A C Kennedy Cover: Ian Kennedy
Quiet, unassuming and immaculate, Pilot Ken Rooney finds the US Navy to be much like his school days — somewhere to keep his head down and play by the rules. But Ken’s reconnaissance training is about to see that rulebook ripped up — by one Australian Group Captain with a penchant for adventure! Story: […]
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